Blue Ice Drill

The drill tent for the BID-Deep system at Allan Hills, Antarctica, during the 2019/20 field season. Credit: Tanner Kuhl

Tanner Kuhl operates the Blue Ice Drill with a new tower at Allan Hills, Antarctica, during the 2019/20 field season. Credit: Jessica Tinker

Interior of the new Blue Ice Drill tent at Law Dome, Antarctica, during the 2018/19 field season. Credit: Peter Neff

Exterior of the new Blue Ice Drill tent at Law Dome, Antarctica, during the 2018/19 field season. Credit: Tanner Kuhl

The Blue Ice Drill at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, during the 2014/15 field season.

The Blue Ice Drill at Summit, Greenland, during the 2010 field season. Credit: Ben Hmiel

IDP driller Mike Jayred measures an ice core atop of Taylor Glacier during the 2013/14 Antarctic field season. Credit: Peter Rejcek

The Blue Ice Drill at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, during the 2013/14 field season. Credit: Josh Jetson

Scientist Michael Dyonisius, foreground, assists IDP driller Mike Jayred with drilling an ice core on Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, during the 2013/14 field season. Credit: Peter Rejcek

Scientist Michael Dyonisius, foreground, assists IDP driller Mike Jayred with drilling an ice core on Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, during the 2013/14 field season. Credit: Peter Rejcek

Aerial view of a field camp on Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, where scientists drilled large diameter ice cores via the Blue Ice Drill during the 2013/14 field season. Credit: Peter Rejcek

The Blue Ice Drill at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, during the 2010/11 field season. Credit: Jeff Severinghaus

The Blue Ice Drill and the drill camp at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, during the 2010/11 field season. Credit: Tanner Kuhl

Two IDP drillers assemble the Blue Ice Drill at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, during the 2010/11 field season. Credit: Thomas Bauska